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Winter Storm Warning for Washington Today = 18″ of Snow for Mt. Baker Ski Area, 32″ for Olympic Mts, & Up to 95″ for Mt. Baker Proper

NOAA is calling for wild weather for Washington through the next 5 days.  A Winter Storm Warning is forecasting 6-18″ of Snow in North Cascade mountains in the next 24 hours with Snow Levels down to 3,000-feet Hurricane Ridge in the Olympic Mountains is forecast to see 20-32″ of snow which could be a “Top 5 Single Snowfall Event for […]
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OFFICIAL VIDEO: Squaw Valley 2014/15 Season Recap

The ski season just ended for Squaw Valley, USA. They opened up just before Turkey Day in November and stayed open until April 26th. A damn lengthy season considering that Squaw only got 88″ all winter at the base and only 216″ of snow all winter up top. Squaw claims to average 450″ of snowfall per year up top, which would place this year somewhere below 50% of average up top. It was a rough year and this year may […]
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Squaw Valley, CA is Making a Google Glass App for Skiing:

Bro!! Google Glass!!!

Squaw Valley ski resort in California will be the first company in the world to launch a ski and snowboard app for Google Glass. If anyone is gonna do it, it makes sense a ski resort near Silicon Valley, CA to do it. The question is: Do you want skiers and riders wearing google glass and playing with an app while they ski? Maybe it’s fine. Maybe it’ll make them better? Maybe it’ll be a distraction? Google Glass is like wearing a computer on your face and cost about $1,500. […]
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